12
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1989
KONG
PEOPLE TO GATHER
ΤΟ
TOGETHER URGED THE BASIC
DR LEONG CALLED ON HONG PRESS FOR A BASIC LAW THAT COULD BE UPHELD. HE ALSO LAW DRAFTING AND CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES TO SPEED UP THEIR WORK.
DRAFT, DR LEONG SAID
HAD REPRESENTED
COME EXECUTIVE SHOULD POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY BY
TURNING TO THE CONTENTS OF THE SECOND BOTH THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL PROFESSION THAT HE OUT STRONGLY FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT THE FUTURE CHIEF BE ELECTED BY UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AS SOON AS 1997. HE SAID A CONSENSUS ON THIS SHOULD BE SOUGHT.
BETWEEN RELATIONSHIP
HOWEVER, THE
THE LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE COUNCILS NEEDED FURTHER DELIBERATION, HE ADDED.
AND
"FOR WHILST ONE IS RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IF HE IS ELECTED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THROUGH
SHOULD 'MASTERS' UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, HE WOULD BE SERVING TWO
HE BE
OUR APPOINTED INTO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BY
FUTURE CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNLESS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS ALSO ELECTED THROUGH A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS," HE SAID.
ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DR LEONG SAID THERE WERE PROVISIONS IN THE DRAFT.
NPC
INADEQUATE
WHICH
18
RIGHT TO WHEN THE EMERGENCY
HONG KONG
ARTICLE HE SAID THAT CLARIFICATIONS MUST BE MADE TO
THE GAVE THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS STANDING COMMITTEE
THE HONG APPLY "THE RELEVANT NATIONAL LAWS" TO
KONG SAR STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE
DECIDED THAT A STATE OF EXISTED, AS WELL AS TO ARTICLE 23 WHICH INDICATED THAT THE
TO ENACT LAWS TO PROHIBIT ANY SAR SHOULD HAVE THE POWER TREASON, SECESSION, SEDITION OR THEFT OF STATE SECRETS.
ACT OF
FORM OF ITS
HE ALSO STRESSED THAT IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL THAT SOME A BILL OF RIGHTS BE ENACTED IN HONG KONG, AND FOR CHINA TO SHOW
TO SINCERITY BY BECOMING A SIGNATORY
THE TWO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN
RIGHTS COVENANTS CURRENTLY APPLIED TO HONG KONG.
DR LEONG
ON THE ACCREDITATION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, THAT AUTONOMY MUST BE GRANTED TO PROFESSIONAL BODIES IN DETERMINING PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND PRACTISING QUALIFICATIONS.
SAID
DELETED
"IT IS IMPERATIVE THEREFORE THAT IN ARTICLE 141, PARAGRAPH ONE, THE WORD GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE
BECAUSE SUCH WOULD PRECLUDE THE PARTICIPATION OF NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS," HE SAID.
FINALLY, DR LEONG NOTED THAT THE PEACEFUL AND ORDERLY AND OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS BY HONG KONG PEOPLE ON THE LAST TWO SUNDAYS MOVEMENTS SHOWED THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE NOW POLITICALLY MATURE.
BE MUST
ELECTED
HE THEREFORE SUGGESTED THAT BLUEPRINT FOR 10 DIRECTLY SEATS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY 1991
INTELLIGENTLY REVIEWED AND ALTERED TO MEET THE RISING WAVE OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.
O
/13